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SEECFGAlMMEl" forming part of Letters Patent No. 668,093, dated February12, 1901.

Application filed September 6. 1900. Serial No. 29,187. (No model.)

L @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that l, DAVID B. CONCLIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Highland, in the county of Campbell and State of Kentucky,have made certain new and useful Improvements in WTindlassesmf which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in windlasses, and has for an objectespecially to provide a Windlass which is designed for use incooper-age, and particularly in tobacco cooperage; and the inventionconsists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, aswill be hereinafter described and claimed.

ln the drawings, Figli re lis aside elevation, and Fig. 2 is a sectionalplan view, of a windlass embodying` my invention.

The invention is designed to be applied in use to the barrel or cask andhas its base A provided in its outer face with a concave recess A to fitthe barrel or cask to Which the windlass is applied in operation. Thisbase A may be of any suitable material and may be of the size necessaryor desirable to suit the special line ot` Work for which the device isintended. To this base A, l journal at one end the drum B, which has anopening B, through Which the rope C (indicated in dotted lines, Fig. l)is passed. The other or outer end of the drum is journaled in a bar D,which is secured at Il to the base A, and has the side portions onopposite sides of the drum E and the con necting portion D3, Whichextends over the outer end of the drum and furnishes a journal-bearingtherefor, as Will be understood from Fig. l. The side arms or portionsD2 are provided on the opposite sides of the drum B with guide-openingsd for the rope C, and these guide-openings d are arranged in line witheach other and with guide-notches a, formed in the base A, as will beunderstood from lfigs. l and 2.

At its outer' end the drum B is provided with a handle-bar lil, havinghandles E at its opposite ends, and at the inner end of the drum B, llprovide a ratchet-ring F, which is engaged by a pawl G, which isactuated by a spring G into engagement with the ring F and may bereadily released from such engagement by its handle d?, as will beunderstood from Figs. l and By the described construction it Will beseen the Windlass can be applied to a hogshead of unusually large size,in which case the rope O might pass clear of the notches a and wouldstill be properly guided in the openings d. Again, by the constructionshown all parts of the drum are exposed, so its bearings can be readilycleaned and oiled Whenever desired. The ratchet is arranged next to thebase-bar, so the handle-lever can be arrangedclose to the portion D3 ofthe bar D, and the construction is light and can be easily applied andoperated.

By my invention I provide a device of great strength and simplicitywhich is adaptable to all kinds of cooperage, and particularly totobacco cooper-age, dispensing with the rope and stick now commonly usedto twist the joints together, the improved machine enabling the operatorto tighten or loosen thev Work, as desired, by simply turning the handleor releasing the pawl, and the device reduces the labor, as it holds theWork just Where it is desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The Windlass for use in cooperage, consisting of the base having itsouter' face concaved and provided in its opposite ends with notches openat their' outer ends and forming guides in which the rope may rest andfrom which the rope may escape in the application of the windlass toextra large hogsheads, the drum journaled at one end in the base andprovided at its end next to the inner face of the said base with aratchet-ring, the bar se cured at its ends to the base between the endsof the latter and the drum and extending at its middle over the drum andprovided With a bearing for the outer end of the drum, the side portionsof the said bar being provided with openings for the passage of the ropeand the windlass being obstructed except for said bar whereby access maybe readily had at all times to every part of the drum, the detentsupported on the base in position to engage the ratchet-rin g of thedrum, and the handle, substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described Windlass for coop* ers use consisting of thebase provided at its center with a bearing for the drum and at its IOOends with guide-notches for the rope,the brace l and the .guide-bar, andJshe handle secured to and guide-bar' secured at its ends to thebasesaid drum substantially as set forth. frame between its end notchesand its center', and provided in its end portions with guide- 5 openingsbetween the center of and the end Witnesses:

notches of the base and in line with the said BERTHA HILL, end notches,the drum journaled in the base SAMUEL WORMSER.

DAVID B. CONCLIN.'

